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John Oliver Calls Biden Victory Celebrations In NYC "Reverse 9/11"
"There was a mood here that can only be described as a reverse 9/11. Why? Because it combined complete euphoria and abiding disgust for Rudy Giuliani."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Enlists Celebs To Make Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory PSAs
“Polls over the years have shown that over half of Americans consistently endorse at least one sort of conspiratorial narrative.”
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Debunks Trump's Mail-In Voting Scaremongering
"Seventy percent of us are in favor of allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to. And if this pandemic continues into the fall, as it almost certainly will, people will want to do exactly that."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Explains Why We Can't Bring Back Sports Yet
Cancelling sports was “emphatically the right thing to do,” but that doesn't mean it hasn't had a huge emotional and financial impact on the country.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Wants To Help Save The U.S. Postal Service
"Without financial help, the USPS may not make it past September without significant service interruptions, which is upsetting especially during an election year, a census year and a pandemic that has people house-bound."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Examines How The U.S. Has Failed On Coronavirus Testing
"Again and again, the people in charge failed to prepare for the worst-case scenario and have been slow in fixing mistakes."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Focuses His Fury On Dangerous Right-Wing Misinformation About COVID-19
John Oliver dove into the misinformation and conspiracy theories spread by the likes of Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Phil McGraw and more.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Explains Why Essential Workers Are Getting So Screwed Over During The Pandemic
"It shouldn't have taken a pandemic to prove our unemployment system is a mess, that we need universal health care, and that workers need benefits, the right to organize, and wages that reflect how essential they really are."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: John Oliver Examines How OAN Spreads Dangerous Pandemic Misinformation
“The kind of misinformation OAN is spewing right now could end up getting people killed, and sadly their message is being actively spread by the White House."
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
John Oliver Criticizes Trump And Everyone Not Taking Quarantine Guidelines Seriously
"It is so profoundly disheartening that we’re being led through this crisis by a man who may be less equipped to deal with this historical moment than anybody in recorded history,” Oliver said.
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Ben Yakas
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